The first novel in the epic sword & sorcery series readers are comparing to Robert Jordan and Terry Brooks.

A #1 Fantasy Bestseller

Loren dreams of escaping her cruel parents and becoming a great thief: Nightblade, a warrior of darkness and a champion of the light. Following the fugitive sorcerer Xain out of her forest home, she wears a stolen noble's cloak of fine black cloth and carries a dagger the world has not seen in centuries--a blade that can turn enemies to allies when she least expects it.

Yet something keeps her from using...

A girl on a path to infamy. A mage on a path to darkness.

A #1 Bestseller in Fantasy

Loren is on her way to becoming the woman of her dreams: Nightblade, a warrior of the darkness and a champion of the light. But powerful enemies hunt her across the kingdom while she searches in vain for her lost friends.

At her side is Jordel, a Mystic who seems to know more about Loren than she would wish--and something about her powerful dagger. But Loren has much to learn about Jordel's brethren, and not all of it is good.

DARK TIDINGS SPREAD THROUGH...

DESOLATE UPON THE ROAD, LOREN MUST FEND FOR HERSELF

The saga of the Nightblade continues across the nine kingdoms.

Loren is listless in the wind. Though the Shades have been revealed, the cost of that knowledge seems too heavy to bear. And once again Xain is clutched by the tremors of magestone sickness, giving her the excuse she needs to simply...not go on.

But now that the Shades have been found, they will not let Loren rest. If the Mystics learn what she knows, all the Shades' dark schemes could be thrown into disarray. Northwood...